I picked it up because of the premise ( The Art of War? Really?) which worked pretty well. But just when Lainey's plan seems to be working, she must decide: does she still want to win this battle?This is a cute, fairly typical YA romance. She teams up with Micah, a male coworker who has also recently been dumped, and together the two scheme to make their exes jealous and, hopefully, win them back. That's right: she decides to take her cues from Sun Tzu's The Art of War. With the help of her best friend Bianca and an ancient Chinese warlord, Lainey devises a plan. Lainey is not about to take this lying down. And then, out of the blue, Jason shows up at the coffee shop where Lainey works, and dumps her. Lainey Mitchell had a great junior year, her summer is off to an epic start, and senior year promises to be all that she could want: co-captain of the soccer team, student body vice-president, and maybe even homecoming queen beside her long-time boyfriend Jason. Lainey and her story will stay with you long after the last page, silently reminding you to go after what you want, what you need and what your heart desires.
I loved her use of The Art of War and I'm not going to lie it made me feel a little smarter being able to play it off as though I had actual read The Art of War instead of just skimming it. Throw in her lovable, relatable and completely unforgettable characters and I was hooked. The dedication alone made me fall head over heels for Paula Stokes and her writing style.
I knew I was going to love it before I even started it. This book was such a fun, energetic read. As Lainey gets closer to her goal of winning Jason back she grows equally closer to Micah and the idea of being with him as more than just a pretend girlfriend. She takes him to places that she'll know Jason will spot them and in return she does the same for Micah so he can win back his ex girlfriend. When her best friend Bianca suggests using The Art of War as a how to guide to get him back Lainey agrees, after all, all's fair in love and war, right? One of her tactics is to make Jason jealous enough to take her back, in order to do that she recruits Micah, the polar opposite of Jason to pretend to be her boyfriend. That is until said boyfriend dumps her in front of her friends and a roomful of strangers. Lainey Mitchell is looking forward to spending her summer playing soccer and hanging out with her handsome, athletic, all american boyfriend Jason.
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